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Experts divided over Binance hack asset freezes, warn recovery is another matter
专家对币安黑客事件资产冻结意见不一，警告追回是另一回事
Worth reading to see how Tether and Circle froze billions within hours while legal experts ask whether smaller victims would ever get the same protection, a gap regulators may have to decide.
Judgment
Regulators, not just stablecoin issuers, must decide whether the ad hoc speed shown in the Binance hack becomes a published freeze standard, accepting that setting a threshold could leave smaller victims with slower or no equivalent protection.
Basis
CoinDesk reports that Tether, Circle and others moved within hours to block billions in stolen crypto after the Binance hack. Legal experts cited in the brief are divided: the freeze worked fast at scale, but they question whether smaller victims would get the same protection. The mechanism is issuer discretion—stablecoin issuers can blacklist or freeze addresses quickly—but that discretion is not a published standard, so speed may depend on size and visibility rather than a rule.
Unclear The source does not say what threshold, if any, issuers used to decide which addresses to freeze or how smaller victims could request the same action.
Next Watch whether Tether or Circle publishes freeze criteria or a public address list tied to the Binance hack.